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Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

9,781,219 Population
12,639.4 square miles 773.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,753 ±$218 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $43,352 ±$217
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$95,810 ±$466 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $87,063 ±$391
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

8.4% ±0.1% (801,531  ±11,234) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9% 531,553 (±0.2% / ±8,805)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

33.5 minutes ±0.1 (153,939,895  ±549,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 33.1 92,535,455 (±0.1 / ±418,686)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

3,588,280 ±5,463 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,230,527 ±4,131
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 (9,588,278  ±1,957) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 5,897,417
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.1% (122,147  ±2,902) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 74,411 (±0.2% / ±2,305)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

3,859,855 ±977 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,459,650 ±710
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$374,100 ±$987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $325,400 ±$1,055
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14% ±0.2% (1,349,573  ±15,434.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 13.2% 789,073 (±0.2% / ±12,122.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.1% ±0.3% (6,129,503  ±19,038.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 90.6% 3,771,670 (±0.4% / ±14,657.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
46.6% ±0.2% (3,134,999  ±13,195.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,703,178 (±0.2% / ±9,435.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

22.7% ±0.1% (2,083,268  ±11,249) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 19% 1,078,783 (±0.2% / ±8,301.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

17.9% ±0.1% (1,751,392  ±11,244) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 916,067 (±0.1% / ±8,524)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.1% ±0.1% (608,134  ±6,029) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 7.7% 357,261 (±0.1% / ±4,196)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
608,134 Total veterans ±6,029 525,489 Male ±5,105 82,645 Female ±2,184

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